₦airaland Forum

SirJeffry:
Nnamdi Azikiwe, Ahmadu Bello and Obafemi Awolowo are seen here together in a happy and brotherly mood, what went wrong Nigerians?

Doug07034780891:
Anambra born great Zik of Africa and the first president of Nigeria is the greatest of them all..

babajero:
The 3 idiots that ruin this country.

sukkot:
bros when wee you receive sense na ? zik is on the 500 naira note but the man who coined the name ' NAIRA' for our currrency is awolowo. now tell me who is the greatest ?

Doug07034780891:
I don't care what you guys are arguing about..my own is that the great Zik of Africa, the first president of Nigeria and one of the fore-most African nationalists is an Anambran..

Chinom:
Zik was clearly uncomfortable and squirmish, just like Ojukwu was when Gowon tried to shake his hand at Aburi. In those days, Igbos considered Hausas to be inferior.

The Northerners began to feel mighty when they massively joined the Armed forces and had access to fire power.

codemaniacs:
SE and north were fighting inter-tribal wars during that period so its normal for a SE politician back then to feel uncomfortable whenever they were with northern politicians..

Its not the weird SE politicians you have today that will be rolling on the floor.. in those days the SE would have mobilized and attacked the northern villages..

Note: there were no states, so an attack on any SE village was seen as an attack on the SE not the useless and senseless arguments about what state someone is from...

nwaanambra1:
i saw thru your sarcasm!

but u can see that zik is not comfortable with that kind of 'oga boss' posture of Bello its clear he is shifting out albeit diplomatically - hence the smile. . .

while Awolo is so comfortable with were he is - he is even snuggling closer! oga boss and his loyal slave

Chinom:
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What we had then was the Eastern Region. Not SE. The Eastern region covered all the states in the present SE and SS with HQ at Enugu. There were no states until Gowon and Awo decided to split us up to reduce the influence and power of Igbos.

SirJeffry:
Nnamdi Azikiwe, Ahmadu Bello and Obafemi Awolowo are seen here together in a happy and brotherly mood, what went wrong Nigerians?

Remii:
you sure dont know history of nigeria. On the contrary it was yoruba that couldnt accept being under northerners, did you know that north and east aligned to form the ruling party in first republic? With zik and figure head and balewa as real head and awolowo as opposition? Do you know that akintola incurred wrath of yoruba because of his alignment with north so as to increase federal presence in yorubaland ? If you speak yoruba go and listen to his speaches on youtube. Have you heard of joke like "kaka ka dobale fun gambari, ka kuku" meaning its better to die than bowing for a northerner.

SirJeffry:
Nnamdi Azikiwe, Ahmadu Bello and Obafemi Awolowo are seen here together in a happy and brotherly mood, what went wrong Nigerians?

Doug07034780891:
Anambra Zungeru born great Zik of Africa and the first president of Nigeria is the greatest of them all..

INTROVERT:
AFTER READING ALL THE COMMENTS OF OUR 'FUTURE LEADERS', I BELEIVE NIGERIA WILL NEVER BE GREAT AGAIN AND WILL NEVER BE ONE EVER.

SirJeffry:
Nnamdi Azikiwe, Ahmadu Bello and Obafemi Awolowo are seen here together in a happy and brotherly mood, what went wrong Nigerians?

Doug07034780891:
Anambra born great Zik of Africa and the first president of Nigeria is the greatest of them all..

sukkot:
awolowo did not ruin nothing. he built the greatest university in africa. here is oduduwa hall in OAU. an architectural masterpiece unrivaled till today

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arewafederation:
He should thank his stars he was born in the North.


I always wonder how many of your so called great leaders were born in iboland.

babajero:
The 3 idiots that ruin this country.

Chinom:
You are right. many were born in the North, but I'm sure you know the reason for that. Before and after independence Igbo were heading the civil service as well as the Teaching institutions in the North. Igbos were recruited by the colonial administration to educate and run the Northern civil and teaching services. Being the most ubiquitous of all Nigerian tribes, many of our grandparents took up higher positions up North.

Even my mother was born in Lafia because my grandfather was a school headmaster in Lafia then. My mom is over 70 now. So Zik, Ojukwu, Nzeogwu's parents amongst others had to raise a family where they found themselves. Besides, they had a privileged life up North.